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tb. About twelve months after, his lordship 

 drawed the canal, and found that this overgrown 

 Pike had devoured all the fish except one large 

 carp, that weighed between nine and ten pounds, 

 and that was bitten in several places. The Pike 

 was then put into the canal again, together with 

 abundance of fish with him to feed upon ; all 

 which he devoured in less than a year's time, 

 and was observed by the gardener and workmen 

 there, to take the ducks and other water-fowl 

 under the water, whereupon they shot magpies 

 and crows, and threw them into the canal, which 

 the Pike took before their eyes. Of this they 

 acquainted their lord, who, thereupon ordered 

 the slaughterman to fling in calves' bellies, 

 chickens' guts, and such like garbage, to him 

 to prey upon ; but being soon after neglected, 

 he died, as was supposed, for want of food." 



The following relation was inserted as an 

 article of news, in one of the newspapers, 

 January 2, 1765: 



" Remarkably large Pike. 



" Extract of a letter from Littleport, Decem- 

 ber 17th. -^-' About ten days ago, a large Pike 

 was caught in the river Ouse, which weighed 



